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A Nervous System Healing Protocol for Chronic Pain and Illness
When we take time out of our lives and focus on healing, chronic pain and illness may become easier to manage.
Chronic pain and illness are complex and incredibly challenging to live with, especially in a culture that expects us to be constantly productive. Chronic conditions are frustratingly mysterious, and while the medical system might be able to help us to a degree, we can often feel abandoned when we don't recover quickly.
We do know, however, that chronic conditions likely have some relationship to the nervous system. A balanced nervous system tends to support balanced hormones, healthy digestion, and a well-functioning immune system. What if we could reset the nervous system and find healing there?
How to Speak the Language of Chronic Illness or Injury
When the medical system fails to heal chronic illness or chronic pain, we may find solace in a spiritual understanding of our lived experience.
When we’ve exhausted the support we can access from the medical system, it may be time to think about a spiritual understanding of a chronic illness or injury. What might our bodies be trying to tell us that we do not yet understand? What is the spiritual meaning of these chronic issues? Let’s practice some ways to learn the language of illness and injury so we can understand them (and ourselves) better.